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He was clearly feeling his way back at Test level after missing the November series. A neck injury kept him out for almost five months after the series-clinching win against Australia last summer.

There was concern outside the Ireland camp over Murray's form as he slowly found his way again.

Joe Schmidt made a strong defence of the Munster scrum-half and his half-back partner Johnny Sexton in the wake of the Murrayfield win, declaring that 'class is permanent' as he backed both to shake off ring-rustiness.

Murray commented: “Genuinely, I don’t see media and it's really important for me not to. Punters, well, they listen to the media.

“You feel it when your family's asking you how you are. 'Yeah, I’m good, why?'. There's a bit of pressure on.

“I've felt good. I've felt really good. We’ve just been a little bit off and Sunday was a really good step forward.

“You have to stay realistic and focus on what hasn’t been working. They’ve been small things you can easily fix.

“I wasn’t panicking and changing the way I’ve been training or how I view the game, or putting more pressure on, or trying harder.